G/TBT/N/BWA/136  
19 May 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BOTSWANA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  BOTSWANA WTO-TBT ENQUIRY POINT  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
BOTSWANA BU REAU OF STANDARDS  
Private Bag B0 48  
Gaborone,  
Botswana.  
Tel : (+267) 3903200  
Fax:(+267)3903120  
Toll Free Number : (0800 600 900)  
E-mail : infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  ICS 
code(s): 91.060  
5. Title, number of pages and  language(s) of the notified document:  BOS 44:2016 
Steel door frames — Specification; (36 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Cupboard doors manufactured from commercial quality cold or 
hot rolled mild steel sheet complete with fittings and an cillary components.  
NOTE 1 Applicable figures for door and cupboard door frames are found in Annex A.  
NOTE 2 Requirements that shall be specified by the purchaser are listed in Annex B.  
NOTE 3 Notes on the fixing of a doorframe and its subsequent painting are given in 
Annexes C and D.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Consumer information, labelling; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  The following refere nced documents are indispensable for the 
application of this document. For dated references, only edition cited applies. For undated 
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) 
applies. Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) maintains registers of currently valid 
documents.  G/TBT/N/BWA/136  
 
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  • BOS 215, Locks, latches, and associated furniture for doors (domestic type).  
• ISO 1456, Metallic coatings – Electrodeposited coatings of nickel plus chromium 
and of copper plus nickel plus chromium.  
• ISO 1461, Hot -dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles – 
Specifications and test methods.  
• ISO 2063, Thermal spraying – Metallic and other inorganic coatings –– Zinc, 
aluminium and their alloys.  
• ISO 4998, Continuous hot -dip zinc-coated carbon steel sheet of structural quality.  
• SANS 926, Two pack zinc -rich epoxy primer.  
• SANS 10167, Code of practice for the quality evaluation of fusion welded joints in 
steel structures.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification; 2 months from date of dispatch  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS  
Private Bag B0 48  
Gaborone,  
Botswana.  
Tel : (+267) 3903200  
Fax:(+267)3903120  
Toll Free Number : (0800 600 900)  
E-mail : infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw